Polar Story
Goal:
Write an action anecdote to place your reader into an event and the emotions of your creature or person. This is a persuasive technique.
Research:
Research your person or animal.
Be prepared to share their findings with the class about:
- Size
- Habitat
- Diet
- Predators
- Adaptation to the environment (behavioral and biological)
- Environmental Threats to survival
- Connections of environmental issues to your life
- Connections of environmental issues to world communities
Assignment: Anecdote
Be your animal or person! Write a "lively" anecdote of a slow motion event in your life!
Pretend to be the animal or person.
Think of an event that might happen.
Describe that even in slow motion.
Include the researched facts about your person or animal
Continue revising your anecdote so that it includes:
Content:
diet
habitat
size
predators
adaptations (behavioral and biological)
environmental issues
environmental threats
Style:
Action
Vivid verbs (Action)
Nifty nouns (Names)
Evidence
Experiences
Short/Long sentences
Simile
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Dialogue (Thinking/Talking)
Write your draft. Then create a new page called "W7 Code Polar Story" using the Polar Story template. Write your story below. Revise as new information and ideas are researched and imagined.
Title
Code
Date
Connected Pages: Polar Problems Polar Story
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